EVERY lawmaking institution prides itself in protecting its powers. So when the Senate last week rejected Ibrahim Magu’s nomination as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Senate president requested President Muhammadu Buhari to submit another nominee.

THE Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Delta State, Chiedu Ebie, has commended Zenith Bank for reviving the Principal’s Cup Football Competition in the state.

Biographical compendium publishers, Profiles & Biographies, publishers of Contemporary Who’s Who in Cross River, is set to publish four new titles: Patriarchs and Matriarchs of Cross River; The Future Now: Cross River State in the Next 50 Years; Future Leaders: People to Watch and Still So Beautiful at 50: A Pictorial Portrait of Cross River State, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the state in May this year.

Fast rising light welterweight boxer, Rilwan “Baby Face” Babatunde, has dismissed the chances of his opponent, Waliu “Oganla” Arogundade, to last the distance when they clash at GOtv Boxing Night 11. Speaking ahead of the event holding on March 26 at the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, Baby Face said his opponent is not his match and will fall in no time.

OPERATORS in the maritime industry have identified technical and operational reasons the nation’s ports cannot be a hub for the West and Central Africa countries.

AS part of measures to stop capital flight through dry docking outside the country, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is to take delivery of the fifth largest modular dockyard in Africa which will save the nation about $100 million annually.

The process to restore peace to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP continues with twisting turns for the trouble shooters. The Forum of State chairmen which had until recently been removed from the crisis that has bestirred the national leadership has now been drawn into the milieu.

SENATOR Dino Melaye has undoubtedly come a long way in the legislature. His four year stint in the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2011 is remembered for his boisterous conduct, first as a defender of Speaker Patricia Etteh and subsequently as an antagonist of Speaker Dimeji Bankole.

Delta State wing of the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Landlords’ Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government over its standing order to the exploratory and mining companies operating in the Niger Delta to move their headquarters to the host communities of their operations, saying, “The directive is the best move at the moment.”

Aviation stakeholders are of the view that a good foundation has been laid by the out going DG for Prof Mashi to build on and make NiMET the envy of the Africa region